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D AT T w 19 (b) Mixed growthâ€"When an area has been cut over for logs and cordâ€" wood there are always a number of small trees left which are too young for any purpose, including seedlings from a few inches in height, to trees the size of a man‘s arm in thickness. Some of these are worthâ€"while species including pine, while others are inferâ€" for trees such as poplar, cherry, ironâ€" wood, etec. If such an area is allowed to grow without any improving it is tirh;ly that in a few years most of the s will consist of specimens of little worth,. and a few better hardwoods, while most of the young pine will have been choked out. When such a woodlot is quite desirable ard valuable trees. (a) Seedling growthâ€"in one secâ€" tion of the woodlot there may be a prolific growth of one kind of tree which has sprung up in an open space, following a year when that particular species shed an abundance bf seed. Such is often the case with maple and pine. When such a stand is between fifteen and twentyâ€"five feet in height the trees will begin to crowd each other for light and space. If they are allowed to grow in this manner they will eventually kill one another out, but this would be,at the loss of much vitality which could be pul to better growth in a few indiâ€" viduals by some judicious thinning. Such an area should be improved by thinning out some of the poorer trees much in the same way as a gardener thins his carrots and beets; care beâ€" ing taken, of course, to leave the tallest, straightest and healthiest trees. a RESULT OPFP IMPROVEMENT. When improvement of this kind is gompleted the trees should be not more than six feet apart. f Young trees which ing out the is desired t prove The purpose of improvement work in a very young woodlot is to deterâ€" mine early in the life of the area, which species are to be allowed to continue, and to make it possible for them to develop under the best condiâ€" tlons. As such work will be done when the trees are small, not much of the material cut will be suitable for use, except perhaps, some of the hardwoods which could be included in pole material for the buzzâ€"saw. Neverâ€" theless, such cleaning or weeding will repay the owner in that the trees that remain will grow faster and will be of the greatest value. In a good many cases a few days‘ work will mean, in years to come, the digerence between a stunted woodlot composed of popâ€" lar, red cherry and other poor speciâ€" mens, or a woodlot composed of all desirable ard valuable trees. ‘ IMPROVIiG THE FARM WOODLOT HOW TO HANDLE YOUNG TREES BY ARTHUR HERBERT RICHARDSON. Eh:;ry woodlot, whethber it is estabâ€" (â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€" Is naturally, or planted, must reâ€" * celve some improving if it is to proâ€" TO.AVOIJ T‘ duce the greatest number of valuable It is a rare i trees in the shortest period of time. || rélishes . garlicâ€"f If the forest is left to itself it will || Nor do we like produce much excellent timber, but much better. there will also be present many 1_"'9“ unplea stunted and misshapen trees which which are most n might have been removed to advanâ€" || the cows are firs! tage at the proper time. Just as the || Pasture in the s field crops on the farm are tended in || & very consider: order to enable them to produce their || avoided. _ It wi maximum yield, in like manner the || Cows are not put forest crop must be cared for. soon, waiting u: The kind and amount of improveâ€" ment work which can be done in any woodlot depends, of course, on its age and condition. In this article, the improvement work outlined is intendâ€" ed to apply to those parts of the woodlot consisting of groups of very young trees. een MUTT AND JEFFâ€"By Bud Fisher. LT€ ut ette save three years after hay wer, it should be im ing back the inferio ertopping species a > inferior and chokâ€" d those it | 8. Height of Stump. In cutting ‘with a view to obtaining coppice, the stump should be cut as closely to the ground as possible. It is desirable to obtain new shoots from near the level of the ground. Coppice which originates high up in the stump does not become vigorous. Frequently we [ find trees in the woodlot with the base partly rotted, and such trees are often of coppice origin. 1. Age of Parent Tree. Copplice from overmature trees will not proâ€" duce strong growth, as the old root system has lost its vigor. Coppice loscs its vigor of growth by following the system too far, the third and fourth generations becoming weak and decrepit. In many woodlots dwarfed and stunted growth exists from the above causes. 2. Time of Cutting. Coppice is best produced by cutting in late winter or early spring. Late fall or early winâ€" ter cutting often allows frost and moisture to loosen the bark. The copâ€" uice shoots originate beneath this outer bark, and if it is destroyed tions of trees of coppice origin have been taken off it is advisable to enâ€" deavor to obtain a new growth of trees from seed. Nuts may be dibbled in where favorable spots can be found; or planting may be resorted to if desired. In any case the area should be gradually restocked with trees of seedling origin. The trees which respond best to this kind of treatment are as follows:â€" sweet chestnut, basswood, elm, ash, poplar, willow, birch, cherry, hard and soft maple and the oaks. POINTS TO CONSIDER. To obtain good tree growth from coppice after cutting, certain considâ€" erations must be given attention. there is veloping 4. Frequency of Application. As above stated, coppice loses its vigor for reproducing after a few cuttings, therefore when two or three generaâ€" Crumbling Stumps. We cover the stumps with old straw or potato vines. This makes them rot faster and become easier to remove after a few years.â€"A. G. H. When trees in the woodlot are reâ€" produced in this way, and when the coppice is three to five years of age, it should be thinned out, leaving not more than three sprouts for the final crop. x When the common hardwoods are cut, providing this is done in winter, there will grow up from the stump, the following spring, a prolific growth of sprouts. If this is allowed to conâ€" tinue without some improving when young, the result will be a number of small trees, sometimes as many as eight or ten in a group all from the same root, instead of one or two goodâ€"sized, worthâ€"while specimens. shade, but will not choke out the fayâ€" ored species. (c) Coppice growthâ€"This is a form of growth which is not fully appreâ€" clated by the average woodlot owner, but which is responsible for a large number of trees growing on hardwood areas. Aeration and the forcing of air through the milk will not completely remove the unpleasâ€" ant flavors. Pasteurization will help, but only when the milk is mildly affected. These unpleasant flavors, which are most noticeable when the cows are first turned out to pasture in the spring, may, to a very considerable extent, be avoided. _ It will help if the cows are not put on pasture too soon, waiting until the grass has made a substantial growth. Then, too, the flavors will be greatly reduced if the cows are brought in from the pasture each day two to four hours beâ€" fore milking time. It is a rare individual who relishes _ garlicâ€"flavored milk. Nor do we like "grassy" milk much better. s To Avoid Tainted Milk small chance of shoots de | _ Poultry droppings are a valuable byâ€"product. They should be collected frequently and stored in a dry and airy place. To make a balanced fertilâ€" ;izer of this manure, about all one has ‘to do is add phosphoric acid. About the farm or garden, this has many special uses. laide St., return m AN ATTRACTIVE NEW FROCK. The droppings should not be used directly on land where potatoes are to be planted the same season, or in close connection with any other root crop, as they are apt to burn, blister and bring on scab. For topâ€"dressing strawberries and asparagus early in the spring, pou!â€" try droppings are especially advanâ€" tageous. They can be used in the same way around bush fruits, such as raspberries and blackberries, with wonderful results. For lettuce, spinâ€" ach and any other leafy garden crop they are unexcelled, but wherever they are used directly in the furrow at the time of seegding, they must be well worked in and mixed with an abundance of soil before the seed is planted. Being rich in nitrogen, poultry maâ€" nure is excellent where a quick leafy plant growth is desired. Try it as a topâ€"dressing for grassland. Wilson Publishing Company it\ ~ B7 (‘ ;sz [QQ( (HG 209 :‘-"f;:';@\?'-"' 2 o ’ Use of Poultry Manure. May 8. Peter and the Risen Lord, | John 20: 1â€"10; 21: 123. Golden Text | _â€"â€"Blessed be the God and father of | our Lord Jesus Christ, which accordâ€" i Ing to his abundant mercy hath beâ€" gotten us again unto a lively hope by |\_ the resurrection of Jesus Christ from | the dead.â€"1 Peter 1: 3. Chap. 21:15. We now turn to the later experience through which Peter found forgiveness and restoration to his holy office as apostle. Jesus had appeared to the disciples by the Lake of Galilee, and they have broken bread in the clear consciousness of his {n‘es- ence. Then comes the wondérful exâ€" gerience of Peter, in which he hears is Lord saying to him, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" The words, "more than these," refer to the other disciples. Peter had once said (Matt. 26:33), "Though all shall be made to stumble because of thee, yet will I never stumble." This was a claim to love Jesus more than the other disciples loved him. Peter remembers, and answers humbly: "Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee." Then he hears Jesus say: "Feed my lambs." V. 17. The threefold experience of the question is due to Peter‘s sad conâ€" sciousness of having thrice denied his Lord. All the shame of that act is before his mind, and a threefold guilt can only be assuaged by a threefold surrender of the soul. But how great is his comfort to know that love to Christ, the love that fills his soul, is the proof and assurance of forgiveâ€" ness! Does a man love Christ? No further test of a Christian is necesâ€" sary. So Jesus reinstates the peniâ€" tent as an apostle. He himself had come to seek and save "the lost sheep" of the house of Israel, and to Peter he now commits the responsibility of looking after and shepherding his reâ€" deemed ones. V. 16. The question and answer are repeated a second time. On this occaâ€" sion the reference to the other disâ€" ciples is omitted. Love to Christ is all that the penitent can offer, and Peter knows that he has this to give. We should not miss the lesson that, as a disciple of Christ advances in selfâ€"discovery, in humility, and in nitence, the call of Christ to him g:comes more definite and clear. At Eower of death. The disciples go ome, the one believing, the otherâ€" well, who can divine what Peter was thinking? =©~.~ . A Vs. 8â€"10. The first intuition of what had happened is reserved for the other disciple, who, emboldened by Peter‘s example, steps into the vault. It is expressly said of him that he "both saw and believed," that is, believed in the Resurrection without as yet havâ€" ing had a vision of the risen one. The conviction was due to faith, to spirâ€" itual insight. It is stated that neither of the two disciples had grasped the scriptural prediction that God‘s Holy One should not remain under the Vs. 6, 7. No such hesitation,resâ€" trains the impulsive Peter, who at once enters the vault. Mention is made of what he saw. Nothing is said of what he thought. Indeed, it would appear that no gleam of reâ€" surrection light had yet broken on his mind. He simply marks what he seesâ€"like a man as yet unable to rise above the bedazement of grief. Vs. 8â€"5. The evangelist describes the eager haste of Peter and the other disciples to reach the grave of Jesu«. The unnamed disciple arrives first, and finds the grave empty. The graveâ€" clothes are lying as though thrown off by one who had risen. A fecling of awe prevents the disciple from venturing into the tomb. _ _ v. 2. The evangelist, while deeply frequent tubbings. In the 16â€" and interested in Peter, is also interested 18â€"inch widths one can now get the in another disciple, not mentioned by| most attractive materials: the sturdy ts Jisus, mnd he repressits ind Aams[fonth wgren bf pessants on hand of the ’resurrectior‘: as carried‘ by,looms, dainty checked o aâ€"toweling, Mary to these two disciples, 1% 123| the modern linens in plain colors or always been considered that the unâ€"| PATY¢d with contrasting threads, as named disciple stands in a speciaily| We!ll as cotton crepes in white and close tciation to this gospel which | colors. beais traditionally the name of John. USE COLORâ€"FAST MATERIAL Chap. 20:1, 2. We have recently studied theâ€"religious experience of the two Marg at the grave of Jesus on the first Easter morning. In the Gospel of John, only one woman,| Mary of Magéala, is mentioned, though the presence of another is hinted by the "we" which is used in k SUBJECT. PETER‘S REINSTATEMENT BY THE RISEN Sunday School Lesson | DISCARDING WHITE TABLECLOTH I|g NEW USE FOR KITCHEN TOWELiNc l Cutting down on feed is not the best way to avoid the spring surplus ‘of market milk. Cows continually | underfed during the early part of ‘their lactation period permanently |lose their ability to produce large | quantities of milk. There is a better way to avoid the glut of the spring market with its low prices, _ Have the cows freshen throughout the year instead of all in the spring.â€"C. R. W. Cowâ€"testing figures bear this out. Of twelve dairymen in a Middleâ€" Western association, seven fed less than $30 worth of grain per cow in the course of a year, and five fed about $60 worth. The seven received for the year an average return per cow of $77 over feed cost. The five, by spending twice as much for feed, got an average return of $176 per cow over the cost of feed. I have found that a few feet of galvanized water pipe about four feet in diameter can be used as cribbing in a pump well. This saves the work of making concrete or wood cribbings and the pipe is as good as permanent. should lead us closer to the Master, and which at the same time should issue in a more practical Christianity. Runners for round or oval tables should have the corners just meeting the table edge. A runner looks well only when it hangs over straight Hotâ€"iron transferâ€"patterns for inâ€" itials and motifs are issued by many of the large pattern concerns and can be purchased at anyâ€"pattern agency. There are many préfty designs in crossâ€"stitch, too, that are easily copied from the patterns. Simple geometriâ€" cal designs are worked in white cotâ€" ton or colored linens with good effect. To do these, draw rings or squares, using a spool or small box for guide, then work over the penciled lines in brierâ€"stitching. Edgings and borders work out best on towelings. The best place for an initial or embroidery motif on the placeâ€"mat is at the top centre where it will not be covered with the china or silver. Smaller motifs can be put in corners. Runnérs should be treatâ€" ed to match with an eye to the set table. â€"â€"BKo G, ~H The nicest feature about theso sets is that they can be finished quickly. Many of them, those of colored linen particularly, need no trimming whatâ€" ever. Often a group of contrasting threads pulled through the material above the hem suffices. Sketchy runningâ€"stitches, large crossâ€"stitches, any of the various blanketâ€"stitch or chocheted edgings, or a binding with fastâ€"color material finishes the checkâ€" ed towelings. Plain crash takes to Italian hemstitching beautifully, and repays the extra work. Applique deâ€" signs go well, as does the Swedish weaving on plain huck toweling. But whatever the trimming, make sure it is absolutely colorâ€"fast. The advantages of this toweling are many. The selvage edges save hemming; besides, towelings are durâ€" able, being woven for hard use and frequent tubbings. In the 16â€" and 18â€"inch widths one can now get the There are many reason why homeâ€" makers are using luncheon sets inâ€" stead of tableâ€"cloths. Made of maâ€" terials less expensive than tableâ€" linen, the initial cost is smaller; they are more easily laundered; and they wear longer. Women have not all become emancipated from the white cloth for every meal, and it is said that husbands sometimes comâ€" plain of the "fussy little doily arâ€" rangements," but never of the price. So there is a special appeal in the more practical matâ€"and4runnor set made up entirely of 18â€"inch toweling. Pipe the Trick Layout of a Seminole Indian Caddy. The Spring Surplus. BY ALICE WALKER ‘_ _ And lastly, a word for the old, | scarred tableâ€"top. The most hopeless table can be done over by removing the old finish, by filling, staining (if necessary) and giving it three coats of varnish; for the last coat use one of the wellâ€"known waterproof varieâ€" ties. Always rub down between coats of varnish with powdered pumice and rubbingâ€"oil, put on with a piece of old burlap. There is no better protecâ€" tive treatment for the table than the ‘one you give your automobile: the special cleansing with soap paste to 'remove slight scratches and hotâ€"dish marks, and a rubbing down with a _ waterproof wax. This gives that clean waxy surface that can be wiped off after meals. (One cause of rapid breakâ€"lining wear, especially in these days of fourâ€" wheel brakes, is loose wheel bearings. 'Wheel bearings should be adjusted so there is no perceptible play in them. | Furthermore, if the rearâ€"axle shaft is sprung or if because of loose bearings :or for any other reason the wheels |do not run true, the trouble should be icorrected, for this wobbling motion tends to wear out brakeâ€"lingings preâ€" lmaturely.â€"E. H. The spotted portion of the garment is drawn over the padded surface of the ironing board and pinned in place so that it is perfectly smooth. A disâ€" carded toothbrush, or any fine, stiff bristle brush, is then employed to brush briskly across the "grain" of the fabric. I learned this from a practical dry cleaner and the work is so simple and easy that anyone can use it with astonishing results. It is really gratifying to see how many unsightly water spots can be removed from delicate garments in this manner.â€"G. E. H. edges. In measuring for the round or oval table allow four inches less than the table width for the finished runâ€" ner. Thus the 48â€"inch table will take & 44â€"inch runner. This makes a pleasâ€" ing arrangement when used with mats measuring 18 x 12 inches, finâ€" ished. WASH MATERIAL BEFORE CUTTING. Four mats (12 x 18) and one centrepiece (18 x 18) cover a round table which is enlarged by replacing the centrepiece with a long runner. A short runner and two mats make places for four, and four mats may be added, seating six. The three sets will take respectively four and threeâ€" fourths yards, four and oneâ€"fourth yards and four yards, allowing about threeâ€"fourths of an inch for each hem and calculating on a 48â€"inch round and a 64â€"inch oval table. Allow sevâ€" eral inches for shrinkage and wash your toweling before cutting. Napkins to match can be made 18 inches square. Rain spots and similar watermarks on crepes and other fine fabrics are seldom if ever removed by cleaning in gasoline. If one does not care to risk the use of a cloth dampened in distilled water, the best method to employ is "dry brushing." I knew almost every one in the nearâ€"by town liked cottage cheese; so I made my cheese, placing it in little neat paper pails, and took it to town. Cusâ€" tomers were not at all difficult to get, and I am really surprisâ€" ed myself when I reflect that from one cow, or five gallons of milk a day, I averaged ten dolâ€" lars a week. I have learned that the fine quality and the neat appearance of my coltage cheese are responsible for the good price it commands.â€"M. P. Like so many other farm woâ€" men, I longed for extra money, and yet I kept saying over to myself, "What can I do way out here on a farm?" until finally I discovered a plan which has proved most profitable to me. Removing Rain Spots. _ | Cash From Cottage ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS TORONTO |_Very often the carrying capacity ‘of old pasture lands declines becadse ‘of the exhaustion of the fertility of the soil. According to a Dominion Dept. of Agriculture bulletin on Crop Rotations and Soil Management in Eastern Canada, the most effective and economical method of improving | these old and dying out pastures is to put the land into some kind of rotaâ€" tion which includes clover or some other leguminous crop. If it is deâ€" sired to reâ€"seed the land in order to have it remain in pasture for a numâ€" ber of years it is advisable to include ’n few additional grasses and clovers beyond those ordinarily employed for hay. For loam or clay soils a good mixture is perm\ue 4 pounds of timâ€" othy and 2 pounds of each of red clover, alsike clover, white clover, Kentucky blue grass, red top and orchard grass. On very light soil the Kentucky blue grass should be reâ€" placed by Canada blue gras« and the alsike clover by tall oat grass. When it is desired to secure a crop of hay for one or ‘wo years ind then to pasture, the timothy se«l may Le in« creased to E pounds and the red clover to 6 pounds per acre. On wet or acid land where red clover does not grow well it should not be eliminated from the seeding mixture and the alsike So whatever the children may do, our wiser course is to "turn off the spotlight" and thus avoid training them to preen and strut under the unwholesome glare of too marked atâ€" tention to what they have done, be it excellent or blameworthy. Doubtless her chief motive was to deepen the good influence resulting from Elwin‘s tearful repentance, but the boy is human enough to "enjoy the spotlight" and to find pleasure in being so much the centre of attention, His dramatic instinct evidently set him to living over that thrilling and not unpleasant episode; he was stimâ€"« ulated by a sense of his own importâ€" ance. When one woman appeared but slightly interested in the tale, Master Elwin edged up and pulled at her gown. "I was away up on North Street," he repeated impressively, with those bright, funâ€"loving, brown eyes aâ€"sparkle. Elwin tried to look contrite, but how could a normal fiveâ€"yearâ€"old fail to enjoy seeing himself in heroic size, when his exploit was thus "given the spotlight"" An action does not need to be held before a child‘s eyes as right in order to suggest his doing, or repeating it; merely holding it there serves as a strong suggestionâ€" especially if we picture him vividly enough in relation to it! There is wisdom in recalling times when our own chief wrongâ€"doings were reported and discussed hbefore us. While the effect was not in all cases the same, I believe that we shall find it was always unfortunate. The frequently used analogy of a theatrâ€" rical spotlight and posing under it conveys an idea of the morbid influâ€" ence which undue publicity has upon persons of all ages. Children are particularly sensitive to such focusâ€" ing of the attention. _ The small lad is so loving and tenâ€" derâ€"hearted that he felt very sorry to have made his mamma anxious. At first, he was just as conscienceâ€" stricken and repentant as she wished him to be, but of course the edge of the child‘s remose was somewhat worn off by aftcrnoon, when his mother reâ€" counted the escapade in full detail to several callers. Some natures respond more than others to such unintended suggestions, and there is danger in retailing before any child the anecdotes of his own misdoings. It may make him conâ€" sider his little self a strange monster of iniquity; the more common effect is to arouse a sense of pride, pleasure and egotism. Elwin had run away. He was habâ€" itually prompt in returning from school, but this sunny day some lure of adventure and delight in the comâ€" panionship of a certain migchievous little maidon had tempted him to go on to Betty Lou‘s home instead of turning at his own corner. There had been a glorious hour of play in her side yard before Elwin‘s frantie mother discovered the truant. *"Yes, and weren‘t you terribly ashamed of frightening me so?" his mother put in. n yh P k It is but human for girls and boys to cherish the secret notion that a bad jeminence is preferable to no eminence at all and to think that people find them more interesting and likeable when a little naughty! Usuâ€" ally, too, the mischief was led on or abetted by some enterprising young associate whom Mother is inclined to believe the one wholly to blame. Deâ€" nunciation of that child may cast an alluring glamor over a tempter whose influence is thus strengthened instead of weakened. seed increased to 4 pounds. While these mixtures are very useful in maintaining a stand for many years, it is usually unwise to leave the stand too long without plowing it and bringing the land into a rotation. Explained. "My name is constantly in th¢ papers and in the public eye." "What is your name?" â€"* Renewing Pasture Lands. TURN OFF THE BY MABY 8. STOVER.